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their set last year was surprisingly underwhelming - and I went because I appreciated their EP at the time. maybe they're not a festival band? willing to give them another chance, but in no way did they earn back to back appearances last year... sleigh bells on the other hand, holy sweat fest, lose your shit performance, they are a festival band - not comparable.

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I missed them at coachella, but saw their set at Outside Lands in SF. It was actually really good and the excitement was there throughout the set. I'm betting they're at coachella again for sure after the year they've had!

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I have a friend that really despises these guys. He saw them at their Detroit Bar residency over a year ago (before Coachella 2011) and claims it was all prerecorded, etc. For perspective's sake his favorite music is "red dirt"/Oklahoma country (Cross Canadian Ragweed, Reckless Kelly, Jason Boland, etc). He also really likes Nirvana & Smashing Pumpkins. This is what he said on Facebook last night - I've never seen Foster the People live but I have a feeling he may be a little off-base:

"I will never let go of the fact that when I saw them live, A they had no energy and B their instruments were so clearly pre-recorded it pissed me off. I go to see live music because I want to see people play them, if I wanted to hear a pre-recorded (or mostly pre-recorded) I'd stay F*cking home and not waste my money."

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I'm not a hater of Foster the People at all, it's just amazing how many times I saw them randomly before they hit it big. From all those times I saw them I would have never guessed that they would become famous. It's almost as if there is some god of fate that just randomly rolls the dice and then plucks a band from obscurity and thows them into sudden stardom.

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I liked Torches, but I really wouldn't want them to take up a sub-headliner spot from the other possible bands with new/upcoming releases (i.e Grizzly Bear, Franz Ferdinand, QOTSA, SSP, Bloc Party, etc.)

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The band "Foster The People'' is a GREAT BAND! I'm picky when it comes to guy group bands or any band in general. But, these guys are PHENOMINAL! Their album, "Torches" is an AWESOME c.d.! All the songs are great. I absolutely LOVE them! They sound like "MGMT", & YES they do sound better than MGMT. Although, I do love MGMT as well Mark Foster, Pontius, & Cubbie Fink are brilliant!!

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Originally Posted by RosePopp

The band "Foster The People'' is a GREAT BAND! I'm picky when it comes to guy group bands or any band in general. But, these guys are PHENOMINAL! Their album, "Torches" is an AWESOME c.d.! All the songs are great. I absolutely LOVE them! They sound like "MGMT", & YES they do sound better than MGMT. Although, I do love MGMT as well Mark Foster, Pontius, & Cubbie Fink are brilliant!!

how about fuck to the no

and great 1st post brah!

Originally Posted by mncarpooler

Anything that's not Sahara tent trash is going to have a small crowd it seems like. I wandered over near the Sahara once all weekend and it was a clusterfuck of the douchiest looking people you could ever imagine.